Kate Winslet won a well-deserved Oscar this year – for the wrong performance. She did as much as could be expected from any actress in The Reader, a bloated, sensationalistic, preposterous story, in which her performance seemed to convince Academy voters. Perhaps those same voters might care to rent Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS?
Read More Bruce, drama, DVD, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Shannon, R, Revolutionary Road, romance, Zoe KazanIts win for Best Actress aside, The Reader will most likely be remembered as That Holocaust Film With Kate Winslet. But it’s really a story about the power of shame, one that’s well-acted and impeccably shot and yet lacking in any real kind of emotional warmth. Based on a book by Bernhard Schlink, it starts [...]
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